The Generation Gap and Local News Highlights
Front page headlines note Ronnie Richards lucky to be alive after a train incident. Teachers plan vacation and summer work. Special Trustee Meeting set Saturday morning to review the tentative budget. Twin graduates at Shafter High School total five pairs among 185. Names include Ramos with Omus Reece and Sharrel with aea Forehand among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronnie Richards
Shafter High School
Ramos
Omus Reece
Sharrel
Aea
Geraldine Jer Dansby
Nohbeta
Sa Kliener
Donald
Ronald Smith
Birth of Donald Edwin Bender Son to Mr and Mrs Gerald Bender
Donald Edwin Bender was born May 23 at John Muir Memorial Hospital Walnut Creek weighing six pounds ten ounces. Mother Colleen Morris of Whittier and father born in Shafter with Bakersfield ties. Grandparents Edwin Bender Shafter Lyford Morris Whittier. Great grandparents listed. first grandchild for both families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Edwin Bender
Pleasant Hill
Calif
John Muir Memorial Hospital
Walnut Creek
Donald Edwin Bender
Colleen Morris
Whittier
Shatter
Bakersfie
Cole
Walnut Creek, Presbyterian Church
Edwin F. Bender
Shafter
Lyford M. Morris
Donald
August Bender
Grace Morris
Los Angeles Area
Dist Girls Staters Attend Luncheon in Shafter
The 1970 Girls State delegates and alternates will gather at Veterans Memorial hall in Shafter on June 20 at 11 30 for a luncheon. Faye Johnson of Shafter will arrange, with the American Legion Auxiliaries sponsoring the event. Leaders include Claire Knox district chair and Viola Wauke district chaplain, with Carla Taffera and Jeanine Hetherington among speakers and performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Memorial Hall
Shafter
Togeshie Ais Rais Cokes
American Legion Auxiliaries
Faye Johnson
Leslie L. Robinson
Grace Cox
Leyna Johnson
Carla Taf €Ra
Carol Holderman
McFarland High School
California
Ington
D. C
Tim Revell and Janet Wiedmann Honored at BC Sophomore Brunch
Tim Revell of Shafter and Janet Wiedmann received top awards at Bakersfield College Sophomore Honor Brunch. Awards recognized leadership, high scholastic achievement, and service with a Paul M. Baldwin Award for Wiedmann in medical sciences and paramedical fields and Revell as ASB president honored for outstanding student contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Revell
Janet
Wiedmann
al Association
Bakersfield College
John Revell
Shafter
Tim
Alumni Association
Janet Wiedmann
Mert L. Wiedmann
Cross Street
Paul M. Baldwin
Shafter High
Maureen Revell
Nora Herrera
Bakersfield College Faculty Association
Sharon Smith
Bakersfield Rotary Club
Gregory Paul
Theresa Corti
Delta Theta Tau
Theta Eta
Manuela Pino
Elks Lodge
Ross Johnson
Colonel Hardy
Heggblade - Marguleas
Kern High School
Ruth Glockler
Women’s Club
Sally Mitchell
Burns. Finkson
Y Yvonne Milliken
Williams
BC Association
ASB
William Heffernan
Domino Beraud Honored At Farewell Pot-Luck
A farewell pot-luck dinner honored Domino Beraud the American Field Service foreign student at Shafter High School for the past school year. The event marked the end of her stay in the district with thanks from staff and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Domino Beraud
American Field Service
Shafter High School
W. T. Walhoad
ARS
AFS
Russel Kodet
Domino
Shafter High
Jordan Kanikkeberg
Walhood
The
Domino’s
Miss Beraud
Carolyn Diltz
Janet Bongberg
Richard Robertson
Linda and
Elida Gonzales
Shafter
Mary Walhoad
APS
Finland
Todd Kodet
Shafter Afs
South Africa
Russell Kodet
Shafter Afl
Randolph Boggs Receives Police Science Award
Bakersfield officer Randolph Boggs received a 38 caliber off duty pistol from Tom Durett of Community National Bank after achieving top scholastic marks in Kern County peace officer basic training. The sixth class graduation included 17 officers from Bakersfield Arvin Delano Ridgecrest Wasco and the Kern County Sheriff’s Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Boggs
Bakersfield
Tom Durett
Community National Bank
Kern County
Paul Howard
Bakersfield College
Kern County Law Enforcement Agency
Arvin
Delano
Ridgecrest
Wasco
Kern County Sheriffs’ Department
Boggs
Shafter High School
Bakerfield Atege
Ar Pied.forges
Backyard transformation shared by neighbors in 1954
The speaker recalls purchasing a rough backyard in 1954 and, with neighbors, clearing decades of debris. They reshaped the land, planting shrubs trees grass and ivy to create a nicer space for children to play.
Hidden Gaseous Reserve Shapes Local Neighborhoods
A discussion on storing natural gas in sand formations beneath Los Angeles area backyards. Residents note using land for reserve capacity, cloaking equipment with vegetation, and welcoming more neighbors as part of the local strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
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al Eckmann
Ohio
Eckmann
Ohio State University
Columbus
Roy Pitts
Charlotte
LeRoy Crew
Chris Ummel
Frances “Kendrick
Arlene Erhorn
William Ratzlaff
Steverr
City Hall
Cass Garratz
Elmer Anderson
Lerdon and
Gentral Valley Highway
Shafter Press
Central Valley Highway
Shafter Lasses
Jeanne Gershing
Betty Meisky
Pauline Witcher
Betty Foster
Sybie Mitchell
Joan Riley
Dorene Farr
Richland
al Finkbeiner
Jack Harris
Ed Bender
Finkbeiner
Sistant
Melvin Parrett
John L. Nickel
John H. Nickel
Acacia Ave
University of California At Berkeley
Nickel
George A. Douglass
Radle
Donald Edwin
America
Shafter BC
Leslie Somers
Kathryn Albright
Jeffrey Hoover
Janet Pierucci
Glenn Schroeter
Jeannie Guenther
Gary Byrd
BC Alumni Association
North Pine Street
KWSO
Edward M
Police Science
Bnd Mis. Re
Rio Brito Area
Doug Stearns
Richard Walhoad
Elida
Linda Gonzales
Southern California Gas
Pacific Lighting Core
Walker
Pall
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